[Development of a test system for detection of anti-endotoxic immunity in young children, healthy donors and some groups of therapeutic patients]

Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 1998 Mar-Apr:(2):18-21.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The content of antibodies to soluble lipid A detritus was studied with the use of the enzyme immunoassay techniques. Some regularities of anti-endotoxic immunity were established: the elevated level of anti-lipid A antibodies in chronic bronchial tree diseases of bacterial etiology. On the other hand, cases of severe purulent septic infections in young children were found to be accompanied by a considerable decrease in the titer of anti-endotoxic antibodies. The approaches to the therapy of diseases caused by Gram-negative bacteria by means of specific immunoglobulins are discussed.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
  • Bacterial Infections / immunology
  • Bronchial Diseases / immunology
  • Endotoxins / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunity / physiology*
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques*
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lipid A / immunology*
  • Lipopolysaccharides / isolation & purification*
  • Reference Values
  • Solubility

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Endotoxins
  • Lipid A
  • Lipopolysaccharides